Review of "Ultraguard"

[windfix]

I've passed the one year mark with our Ultraguard pool. Slight fade to the blue finish, but nothing I care about. There has been NO algae at all, except in the very tiny holes (3 of them, smaller than a dime) that I did not patch well enough prior to coating the pool.

[windfix]

We had two small (6") bubbles form on our shallow end after a year or so. Just this weekend, they broke up and I now need to patch them. The fractured pieces, however, reveal that the ultraguard is still bound to the pool surface, and it was the underlying material that broke up, forming the bubble. Yet another piece of evidence that you need to grind the &^%$# out of the surface and make sure it is solid before you start.

[tsuma]

Originally Posted by windfix

...very tiny holes (3 of them, smaller than a dime) that I did not patch well enough prior to coating the pool.

I'm seriously considering this product for my 12 yr. old, heavily pitted plaster/gunite pool.

What did you patch the holes with?

Did you prep with TSP/Acid or Ultraguard's "penetrating bond" mix?

Can you see a difference in their claim that algae don't adhere to the surface as well as they do to plaster?

Thanks.

[windfix]

Prior to the ultraguard coat, I patched with mortar mixed with liquid acrylic (instead of water) - obtained from Home Depot.

2 years later now, and I had two 6-8" bubbles form, then break in the ultraguard. The plaster subsurface was still stuck to it, so a failure of the plaster - not the ultraguard. I used a tintable epoxy product called All-Fix to patch these holes: http://picasaweb.google.com/paul.mck...ardWithAllFix#

So far, a very good solution that nearly matched the color and is as close to invisible as you could hope for. This stuff is like putty and cures underwater.